Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2022
Public preview: Node.js 18 in Azure Functions
You can now use the latest features in Node.js 18 with Azure Functions.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late August 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late August 2022
Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions now support referencing key-values from Azure App Configuration.
Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources
Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Public preview: Enterprise VMware Cloud Director Service for Azure VMware Solution
VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solutions allows you to self-service provision and manage multiple virtual datacenters through multi-tenancy in your Azure VMware Solutions private clouds, reducing time and complexity.
Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China
Target availability: Q3 2022
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key
Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for host-based encryption.
Public preview: Four new features in no code editor in Event Hubs
Explore four new features in the no code editor in Azure Event Hubs. This editor allows you to easily develop a Stream Analytics job without writing a single line of code.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports private endpoints testing
With Azure Load Testing, you can now run load tests against private endpoints - endpoints deployed in a virtual network, public endpoints with access restrictions (restricting client IP addresses, etc.)
Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for August 2022
New features now available in public preview include AutoML Code Generation enhancements and AutoML in Pipelines.
Public preview: Backup database with S3-compatible storage for Arc-enabled SQL MI
Use S3-compatible object storage as a backup and restore destination.
Public preview: App Configuration geo replication support
Standard tier subscribers can synchronize any updates from the configuration store to replicas in other Azure regions.
Public preview: Use managed identity-based authentication to enable Azure Monitor container insights
Announcing public preview for enabling container insights with managed identity authentication.
Public preview: Azure Monitor basic logs, archive, restore and search jobs
Azure Monitor Logs is in public preview in four new regions: US Virgina Gov, US Arizona Gov, China East 3, and China North 3.
Public preview: AKS DevX extension for Visual Studio Code
Easily create Dockerfiles, deployment files, and GitHub Actions through Visual Studio Code using the AKS DevX extension.
Public preview: Blob CSI support in AKS
You can now use built in storage classes for NFS and BlobFuse to provision new persistent volumes backed by Azure Blob storage.
Public preview: Automated deployments in AKS
You can now hook up a GitHub Action to your Kubernetes application and deploy it to AKS.
Public preview: Microsoft Dev Box
Self-service, high-performance workstations in the cloud that are preconfigured and ready-to-code for developers’ projects and tasks.
Public preview: Update management center in Azure
Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics.
Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out.
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